Loading device for cars and wagons.



W. L. ULLSPERGER. LOADING DEVICE FOR cARs AND WAGONS.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 22, 1917' 1,236,890. Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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LOADING DEVICE FOR CABS AND WAGONS,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22,1917.

Patented Aug. 14,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WENZEL L. 'ULLSPERGER, OF GOLERIDGE, NEBRASKA.

LOADING DEVICE FOR CARS AND WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed May 22, 1917. Serial N 0. 170,203.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WENZEL L. ULLsrnnenn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Coleridge, in the county of Cedar and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LoadingDevices for Cars and WVagons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in loadingdevices for cars and wagons.

An object of the device is to provide a loader for barnyard use arrangedwith a ready means for suitably depositing a plurality of small loads ofmanure such as wheel-barrow loads into suitable vehicles convenientlypositioned with respect thereto.

The device is equally serviceable in connection with loading largequantities of matter from wagons into railway cars, the wagons beingdumped into the device and the commodity readily deposited into a carwagon therefrom.

A further object is the provision of a readily portable manure loaderadapted to receive the manure easily deposited into the same from theground arranged for dumping the same into wagons whereby the manureloading operation is more easily and quickly accomplished, the devicebeing especially serviceable where large quantities of manure are to beloaded at different points in a barnyard or upon a farm.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenclaimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device with the sideapproaches partially broken away.

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the device partially broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. A is an enlarged elevational view of a rear side portion of thedevice showing the platform releasing mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof. 7

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional iew through the lower portion of theloader taken longitudinally thereof, and,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of portions of the platform releasingmechanism detached.

The present form of loader consists of a foundation or boxlike frame .10adapted to rest upon the ground 11 to be readily pulled along after themanner of a stone-boat.

A rearwardly positioned frame 13 is mounted upon the box 10, whichcomprises four upright corner posts 15 supporting a rectangular topmember 16 and provided with platform supports 17 above the box 10. A cartrack 19 is arranged entering the box forwardly of the frame 15 passingbeneath the supports 17 horizontally therebeneath providing a track uponwhich a suitable car may be positionable for loading. A wagon or othervehicle may be positioned for loading upon the bottom 20 of the box 10whenever desired, entering the box through the rear open end thereof.Opposite abutments 26 may be carried by the ends of the track 19 forengagement by the wheels of the car to be loaded for stopping the samein the position for loading. Upon the supports 17 within the frame 13stationary platform strips 56 are oppositely arranged at the forward andrear sides of the frame being provided with slots 57 therein adapted forthe reception of removable guide strips 58 of T-shaped formation havingportions 59 adapted for arrangement within the said slots. Forward andrear braces 60 are mounted upon the platform strips 56 engaging theopposite posts 15 adjacent the longitudinal edges of the strips 58. Adrop platform is arranged between the platform strips 56 consisting oftwo oppositely arranged sections 61 pivoted at opposite points 62 withinthe frame 15, return springs 63 being connected between the rear ends ofthe sections 61 and the frame box 10 as at 64. By this arrangement itwill be seen that upon depositing a sufficient load upon the platformsections 61 to overcome the spring 63, such load will automaticallydepress the inner ends of the platform sections depositing the loadtherebeneath and within a car or wagon if positioned within the box 10to receive the same.

Locking slides 65 are shift-ably arranged upon cleats 66 secured to theinner faces of the platform supports 17, the said slides being adaptedfor simultaneous opposite,

movement to points beneath the platform sections 61 from pointsdownwardly and rearwardly thereof beneath the platform strips 56. Theslides 65 are provided with central notches 67 in their upper edgesadapted to lockingly receive depending flanges 68 upon the inneradjacent edges of the platform sections 61 when the said sections are intheir normal horizontal closed positions. An operating shaft 69 isjournaled upon the rear end of the frame 13 to the said frame and alsoto a transverse brace 7 0 connecting the guard rail portions 17together, an intermediate crank portion 71 being arranged in the saidshaft pivotally connected by means of a link 72 with a rear triangularextension 73 of the adjacent slide 65 while a terminal crank 74 isprovided for the shaft laterally of the frame to which the rear end of ashifting link 75 is pivotally mounted.

A forward shaft 69 is pivoted to the frame 13 and the forward platformstrip 56 in a plane above that of the rear shaft 69 and is arranged withan intermediate crank portion 71 pivotally attached by means of a link72 with the triangular extension 7 3 of the oppositely positionedlooking slides 65. The forward shaft 69 has a terminal crank end 76positioned in a different plane from the crank portion 74 and having theforward end of the shifting link 75 pivoted thereon. An operating handlever 77 is pivoted in a block 78 rearwardly projecting from the frame13, a link 79 pivotally connecting the lower end of the said lever withthe shifting link 75 substantially centrally of the latter.

A transverse stop 80 is carried on the upper face of each of thewedge-shaped portions 7 3 of the slides 65 and being'positionedoutwardly of the notches 67 of the said guides, the said stops 80 beingadapted to abut against the opposite ends of the flanges 68 of theplatform sections 61 when the slides are arranged in their locked inwardpositions therebeneath and at which times the shifting link 75 is at,the extreme rear limit of its movement with the crank 74; engaging therear side of a stop loop 81 carried by the adjacent post 15 of the frame13. When the locking slides are operatively arranged, the upperhand-engaging end of the lever 77 is forwardly positioned, and a rearmovement of the upper end of lever 77 shifts the link 75 forwardly fordivergently moving the slides 65 to their releasing positions outwardlyof the platform sections 61, the shaft crank end 76 being at such timesin engagement with a stop loop 81 carried by the adjacent post 15. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that the locking slides 65 may befreely shifted upon the members 66 by means ofthe lever 77 inwardly andoutwardly for lockingfth'e platform." sections 61 against pivotalmovement and again releasing the same at will.

Opposite similar side approaches 82 are provided for the platform formedwithin the frame 13 by means of the strips 56 and sections 61, the saidapproaches each having an inner end hinged as at 83 to the opposite siderails 84 of the frame 13, the outer edges of the approaches beingadapted to rest upon the ground 11 when the device is operativelyarranged whereby manure or other goods may be deposited upon theplatform section 61 by means of vehicles or wheeled trucks adapted totravel upwardly over the approaches 82 and on to the platform betweenthe posts 15.

From this detailed description of the device as well as the operation ofeach portion thereof, the complete operation will be understood. hen itis desired for instance, to load a large quantity of manure from wagonsinto a car positioned upon the track 19 within the box 10, the horsesare driven up one of the approaches 82 upon the horizontal platform ofthe frame 13, the wheels preferably traveling upon the members 58. Theload is then dumped upon the platform sections 61, which being lockedclosed by the slides 65 support the load until the vehicle travels downthe opposite incline 82. It is obvious that a desirable load may beplaced upon the platform sections 61 by wheel-barrows or other trucksmoving upwardly over either of the approaches 82. The car being arrangedupon the track 19 and beneath the platform sections 61, the lever 77 isswung rearwardly releasing the slides 65 and allowing the sections 61 toopen downwardly, depositing the load within the car and whereupon thesprings 63 return the platform sections to their normal horizontalpositions.

It will be noted that the bottom 20 of the box 10 forms in effectopposite skids for drawing the entire machine rearwardly fortransporting the same from place to place,

a projecting portion of the'skid means being shown at 105.

The present embodiment of the device is believed to be preferablealthough it will be understood that minor changes may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, I havingprovided a ready means for loading a car or wagon from wheel-barrows aswell as. loading a car from horse drawn vehicles.

l/Vhat I claim as new is A loader comprising a frame having cornerposts, opposite platform supports carried by the said posts, hingedplatform sections arranged upon thesaid supports when in theirhorizontal closed positions, return springs for the said sectionsattached to the opposite outer ends of the latter, guide strips carriedby said supports, depending flanges carried by the adjacent inner endsof the said sections, oppositely movable looking slides arranged uponthe said strips having central receiving notches within which the saidflanges are seated when the slides are in their locking arrangementbeneath the said sections, operating shafts adjacent the opposite sidesof the frame having oppositely-extending central crank portions,triangular blocks carried by the outer faces of the said slides, pivotalconnections between the free ends of said blocks and the said crankportions, transverse stops arranged upon the said blocks outwardly ofthe said notches adapted for engagement with the adjacent ends of saidflanges when the slides are in their innermost locking positions, andsimultaneous operating means for the said shafts whereby the said crankportions are adapted for movement in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WENZEL L. ULLSPERGER.

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